Can a simple a==b 'hang' in and endless loop?

[Steven D'Aprano]

Claudio Grondi wrote:

> Exactly this is what Python does under the hood when writing
> a = "some string"
> b = "some string"
> where a and b are actually, in terms of C, pointer to Python object data 
> structures which provide strings as arrays where it is possible to say 
> a[0], but ... if here
> if(a==b):
>   print "True"
> _does not_ print True, the Python engine is definitely broken.


Why are you comparing C behaviour to Python behaviour? 
What is the point of the discussion?



-- 
Steven.